swig or ctypes , under the gun and need help

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Sells, Fred schrieb:
> Diez wrote...
>> I don't know swig, but if all you have is a real C-API, try & 
>> use ctypes.
>> It's much easier to create bindings for, keeps you fully in 
>> the warm and
>> cozy womb of python programming and doesn't need no 
>> compilation to create
>> the actual binding.
>>
> You're right the ctypes does seem more pythonesque; however I'm still stuck trying return all these parameters
> that the c api uses.  my ctypes code is below.  It just quits running when I try to print 
> one of the args I did a pass byref on, no error out, nothing.  admittedly I'm a newbie to ctypes and not much of a c programmer
> but I could sure use some help.  my ctypes test code follows...
> 
> from ctypes import *
> 
> '''
> create shared object file like so.
> gcc -shared -o rug520.so  rug520.c

You need to create a proper library. The above doesn't do that - it 
creates as simple object file.

I don't know how to really do that without using autoconf/automake.

Diez